journalist
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and writer who hosts a
primetime
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talkshow
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business
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at the
Quaid-e-Azam University
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad ( ur, ; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedi ...
, Pakistan and later studied
diplomacy
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at the
Fletcher School
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at
Tufts University
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Canadian International Development Agency
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and
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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. Zehra served as a visiting lecturer at the
School of Advanced International Studies
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at the
Johns Hopkins University
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in 2006, and later at the
Quaid-e-Azam University
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad ( ur, ; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedi ...
in 2010.
She joined
Dunya News
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in November 2008 as an anchor and hosted the TV program ''Policy Matters'' until February 2013. During that time, she interviewed several national and global leaders including
Michael Mullen
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. In April 2013, she moved to Capital TV and became the channel's current affairs editor. She left Capital TV in October 2014. In September 2015, she joined
National University of Sciences and Technology
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The university offers undergraduat ...
as a visiting professor and remained in that position until February 2016. In October 2014, she joined ''Channel 24''. In 2018, she released the book ''From Kargil to the coup: Events that shook Pakistan'', which chronicles the context of the
Kargil conflict
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and its consequences on
India–Pakistan relations
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. At the book launching ceremony, a panel of journalists and people familiar with foreign policy and military affairs of Pakistan discussed the book including journalists Arif Nizami,
Sohail Warraich
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most popular programme is Ek Din Geo k Sath on Geo News every Saturday and Sunday. He also shares his opinions on ...
*''From Kargil to the coup : events that shook Pakistan'', 2018.
See also
*
List of Pakistani journalists
This is a list of Pakistani journalists from print and electronic media.
A
*Amin Hafeez
* Ansar Abbasi
*Ayaz Amir
* Abdul Hameed Chapra
* Asma Chaudhry
*Ardeshir Cowasjee
*Altaf Husain
* Arshad Sharif
* Aasma Sherazi
*Abid Qaiyum Suleri
* ...
*
Dunya News
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